Alfredo Costa Monteiro
Alfredo Costa Monteiro (born 1964 in Porto) is a sound artist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound poet based in Barcelona. His experimental-music practice is shaped by conceptual restrictions and close attention to texture, materiality and acoustic detail.
Originally trained in sculpture and multimedia, he has worked since the 1990s across visual art, improvisation and sound. His instruments and media have included accordion, electric guitar, paper, objects, electronics and voice.
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CS 6 · 2003
Ruth Barberán — trumpet · Matt Davis — trumpet · Alfredo Costa Monteiro — accordion
Recorded on July 2002 at Estudi 84, Barcelona
cesura
CS 8 · 2003
Ernesto Rodrigues — viola · Alfredo Costa Monteiro — accordion · Guilherme Rodrigues — cello, pocket trumpet · Margarida Garcia — electric double bass
Recorded on 26 July 2003 at Tcha Tcha Tcha Studios, Lisbon
rumeur
CS 10 · 2004
Alfredo Costa Monteiro — accordion
Recorded by Ferran Fages, March 2003 in Barcelona
istmo
CS 23 · 2004
Ferran Fages — acoustic turntable · Alfredo Costa Monteiro — accordion · Ruth Barberán — trumpet
1 Recorded on November 2003 in Toledo
2 Recorded on October 2003 in Barcelona
diafon
CS 41 · 2005
Barry Weisblat — electronics · Alfredo Costa Monteiro pick-ups on — turntable · Ernesto Rodrigues — violin, pick-ups, objects
Recorded 12 July 2004 at Tcha Tcha Tcha Studios, Lisbon, Portugal
aérea
CS 50 · 2005
Alfredo Costa Monteiro — accordion · Ruth Barberán — trumpet
Recorded in 2004 , Barcelona